Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Clay Cross sell for a median £214,500
That is the middle of 384 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.3 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
39% of Clay Cross’s sales are detached houses
384 homes sold in three years: 148 detached houses, 138 semi-detached houses, 89 terraced houses and 9 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 148 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £240K–£345K
- Last 12 months
- £273K35 sold
- New build
- £335K
median sale · 138 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £175K–£237K
- Last 12 months
- £190K36 sold
- New build
- £238K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £105K–£155K
- Last 12 months
- £148K22 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 9 sold, median £105K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Clay Cross’s homes sold for between £155K and £273K
One sale in ten was under £115K and one in ten over £344K. 67% sold for under £250K.
The median, £214,500, sits in the £200–250K band
384 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £31,500 in 1995 to £200,000 in the last 12 months (£155,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
96 sales in the last 12 months, against 242 in 2022, the busiest year, and 85 in 2012. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 103% more sales than 2020.
Clay Cross costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Clay Cross, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £58K | £70K | £151K | £184K | £170K | £249K | £273K |
| Semi-detached houses | £33K | £46K | £112K | £110K | £110K | £160K | £190K |
| Terraced houses | £26K | £29K | £77K | £83K | £90K | £125K | £148K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
8% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
888 new homes have been sold in Clay Cross since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2022.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £299,995
against £190,000 for a home sold on, 58% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.5% sold leasehold in Clay Cross. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Ore Street is Clay Cross’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
25 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ore Street | S45 | 16 | £237,545 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Brassington Lane | S45 | 12 | £259,250 | Mixed |
| 3 | Market Street | S45 | 12 | £131,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 4 | Tupton Road | S45 | 11 | £233,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Ashton Road | S45 | 11 | £220,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | Holmgate Road | S45 | 11 | £147,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 7 | Empire Drive | S45 | 10 | £285,447 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 8 | Stainsby Mill Crescent | S45 | 9 | £339,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 9 | Bloomery Way | S45 | 9 | £225,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Miners Avenue | S45 | 8 | £309,997 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 11 | Worcester Close | S45 | 8 | £210,000 | Mixed |
| 12 | Thanet Street | S45 | 8 | £140,500 | Mixed |
| 13 | Sydall Rise | S45 | 7 | £336,995 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 14 | Cart Close | S45 | 7 | £327,746 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 15 | Copenhagen Road | S45 | 7 | £192,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Stainsby Mill Crescent: £339,995
Stollard Street: £105,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.2 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Clay Cross is the 36th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Clay Cross is in the middle of Derbyshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Derbyshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Clay Cross’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Pilsley and Lower Pilsley and Grassmoor.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Cross | — | £215K | 96 | +91% |
| Old Tupton | 1.4 | £229K | 55 | +34% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 1.8 | £193K | 33 | +60% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 2 | £200K | 120 | +64% |
| Morton | 2 | £290K | 18 | +101% |
| Grassmoor | 2.5 | £177K | 33 | +37% |
| Wingerworth | 2.5 | £279K | 122 | +39% |
| Shirland and Stonebroom | 2.7 | £195K | 32 | +50% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Clay Cross
What is the average house price in Clay Cross?
The median home in Clay Cross sold for £214,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 384 standard sales (£200,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £290,000, semi-detached houses £200,000, terraced houses £130,000 and flats and maisonettes £105,000.
Are house prices going up in Clay Cross?
The median was £213,247 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£219,500), and £200,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Clay Cross each year?
96 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 155 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Clay Cross?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Stainsby Mill Crescent (S45, £339,995), Sydall Rise (S45, £336,995) and Cart Close (S45, £327,746).
How much does a new build cost in Clay Cross?
New homes sold for a median £299,995 over three years, against £190,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 20% of sales.
Is Clay Cross expensive for Derbyshire?
Clay Cross is the 36th most expensive of 59 towns of 2,500 or more in Derbyshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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